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Small drums on a stand in the medina of Marrakesh A muslim country

Ashura’s drums

Zem-zem is the water from the spring that Allah brings forth before Hagar, Sarah's servant who was driven into the desert, to quench her thirst and that of Ishmael. And to "do Zem-zem" on Ashura is to play with water by drenching oneself.